Born Tukkim, (Latvia), 10 August 1800
Died probably Halle, Germany, 23 January 1890
Of German descent, Otto Rosenberger was assistant at Königsberg Observatory and later professor at Halle. He predicted the perihelion passage of Halley's comet (IP/Halley) in 1835 with great accuracy.
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Anon. (1891). “Otto August Rosenberger.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 51: 202.
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(2007). Rosenberger, Otto. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1188
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